Especially with people, appearances are deceiving. Rumi:
The Name
You should try to hear the name the Holy One has for things.
There is something in the phrase: “The Holy One has taught
him names.”
We name every thing according to the number of legs it has;
the other one names it according to what it has inside.
Moses waved his stick; he thought it was a “rod,”
but inside its name was “dragonish snake.”
We thought the name of Blake was “agitator against priests,”
but in eternity his name is “the one who believes.”
No one knows our name until our last breath goes out.
(Quoted from page 268 of News of the Universe: poems of the twofold consciousness, chosen and introduced by Robert Bly. Sierra Club Books, 1980.)
For a brief biography of Rumi, click here. For images of or relating to Rumi, click here.
For a brief biography of Robert Bly, click here. For images of or relating to Robert Bly, click here.
The Name
You should try to hear the name the Holy One has for things.
There is something in the phrase: “The Holy One has taught
him names.”
We name every thing according to the number of legs it has;
the other one names it according to what it has inside.
Moses waved his stick; he thought it was a “rod,”
but inside its name was “dragonish snake.”
We thought the name of Blake was “agitator against priests,”
but in eternity his name is “the one who believes.”
No one knows our name until our last breath goes out.
(Quoted from page 268 of News of the Universe: poems of the twofold consciousness, chosen and introduced by Robert Bly. Sierra Club Books, 1980.)
For a brief biography of Rumi, click here. For images of or relating to Rumi, click here.
For a brief biography of Robert Bly, click here. For images of or relating to Robert Bly, click here.
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